Hardy attachment for anvils.



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Q HARDY ATTACHMENT Fon ANvILs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 15, 1908. .application tiled December 4, 1907'. Serial No. 404,991.

To all -uhom it may mami-a: downwardly upon the foot treadle the lever Be it known that 1. GEORGE W. COLE, of `willbe thrown forward -so as to position the Niles, in the county o rrunibull and State-'of hardy l.above the anvil, the forwardly-ex- Ohio, have invented certain new and useful tended angular' portion 9 of such lever overlmprovements in Hardy Attachments for hanging and bearing directly upon the top Anvils; and l do hereby declare the following face of the anvil. T he. lever is mounted on to bea full, clear, and enact. description of the invention, such as will enable others sl-:illed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine- The primary object et' this invention is to so forni an anvi as to make it adaptable for shoes of various sizes. :and also to enable holes to be punched in shoes without the necessity of turning them to any considerable extent.

, further object is to provide an anvil with a hardy which is nom v held outof the wa and yet capable of ing properly positioned b v means both simple and not liable to readily getout of onler.

The invention will be hereinaf ter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a top plan vie-vr- Referring to the drawing, 1 designates an anvil mounted on a bese 2. The working arm of the anvil is of gradually lessening width from the horn. and near its narrow end is provided with punching holes 3 and 4. T hese holes are spaced apart about the width of an ordinary horse-shota to )ermit of the punching of the holes bj: simply movingr the shoe backward and forward instead of having to give it a half turn. as has heretofore been required. By tapering the anvil arm or graduating the width thereof shoes of different sizes are readily acconnnodated.

5 designates the hardy. `lwhich, when not in use. is automatically held outI of the way, and vet is capable ot being readily positioned over the anvil erben required. YThe hardy is shown as conssiuting the end of a foot lever 6 fulcnnned in bracket 7 mounted on base 2, the foot treadle-being located at the front of'the base in position to permit of easy manipulation by the operator.

The bracket 7 ss s Tight-angular rearwardly-extended arm 'to which is connected one end of a coil spring- S, the other end of which is connected to lever 6. This spring serves to normally hold the hardy in its inactive or retracted position. .p By bearing.

portion 9 to just clear the face of the anvil to permit of sufficientsupport being derived therefrom while the hardy is boing used. The engagement between the angular portion of the lever and the anvil is such, however, that as soon as pressure is removed from the upon by its spring S and the hardy withdrawn to the rear. It is obvious, of course, that if desired the hardy-carrying lever may be operated by hand.

It will be seen from what has been stated that I have provided a combined anvil and hardy so constructed and arranged as to greatly facilitate a farrier in the manufacture or reforming of horse-shoes; that the punching of the holes in a shoe may be greatly facilitated; that the anvil is adaptable for shoes of various sizes; and that the hardy while normally held out of the Way may beinstantly brought into position for use. will also be observed that the means for accomplishing this latter purpose is extremely simple and not liable to readily get out of order.

1 claim as my invention:

1. In combination with an anvil, a hardy normally held out of engagement therewith, a lever carrying said hardy and having a trcadle and a bent portion, said bent portion being immediately adjacent to said hardy and designed to rest upon the face of the anvil when the hardy is in use.

2. In combination with an anvil, a hardy,

tegral, said lever inmediately adjacent to the hardv being bent so as to rest directly on the anvil, said lever having lat its other end a trcadle, and a spring acting on said lever for holding the hardy out of enga-gement with the anvil.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this spec-iiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEGRE lV. COLE.

'Vitnesses: y

' F. J. ROLLER,

RICHARD BrDDnsTon. l

foot treadle the lever will be instantly acted a lever with which such hardy is formed 1n-l the base at such pointas to allow this angular 

